A heart-warming musical featuring the rise of singer and TV star Cilla Black will wow theatre-goers at the Bristol Hippodrome.

Cilla – The Musical stars Kara Lily Hayworth, who saw off competition from thousands of other hopefuls in nationwide auditions for the coveted role.

The musical is an adaptation of the critically-acclaimed hit ITV series created by Bafta Award-winner Jeff Pope.

It tells the extraordinary story of a Liverpool girl whose teenage dreams of stardom lead to her becoming one of Britain’s best-loved entertainers.

Priscilla White’s life is changed forever when a young John Lennon introduces her to music mogul Brian Epstein.

By the age of 25 she was known as singer and TV star Cilla Black – a number one-selling artist at the forefront of the Brit-pop music scene.

The musical score is the ultimate soundtrack to the 1960s and includes Cilla’s greatest hits Anyone Who Had A Heart, Alfie and Something Tells Me, Twist And Shout by the Beatles, California Dreamin’ by The Mamas And The Papas and plenty more besides.